The music mogul’s third plea for bail has been delayed as the future of his sex trafficking trial remains uncertain.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-name” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Black Han Sans|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font=”|||on|||||” header_4_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Words by Nikki Peach<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-27-at-15.47.13.png” alt=”Jennifer Aniston” title_text=”**FILE PHOTO** Sean Combs Hit With More Sexual Assault Allegations. Sean Combs 6-2-08, Photo By John Barrett\/PHOTOlink \/ MediaPunch Copyright: xPHOTOlinkx\/xMediaPunchx” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″] It\u2019s unlikely that Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs will make it home for Thanksgiving. As he awaits trial on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution, and faces more than 120 allegations of sexual assault and abuse over a 30-year period, Combs has allegedly been making \u2018relentless\u2019 efforts to escape prison. His third appeal for bail has been delayed.<\/p>\n He was arrested on 16 September following a police investigation and is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn \u2013 a notoriously dangerous, understaffed and unhygienic facility with former inmates including R. Kelly and Ghislaine Maxwell. He denies all charges and plans to plead not guilty in court.<\/p>\n On 25 November, Combs appeared in court as his legal team proposed a $50m bail package, which would see the music mogul under house arrest in his Florida mansion with 24-hour security. The judge concluded, \u2018That\u2019s not going to work.\u2019<\/p>\n In the weeks before his bail hearing, Combs allegedly broke prison rules by using the phone accounts of at least eight other inmates to contact potential witnesses. He allegedly paid off one witness after calling and texting her 128 times over a four-day period.<\/p>\n He also allegedly orchestrated social media posts with the help of his children \u2013 including a birthday video where Combs can be heard thanking them for their support in the background \u2013 to influence potential jury members and has been monitoring the analytics from jail.<\/p>\n As such, the prosecution argued that granting bail would pose significant risk. \u2018The defendant has demonstrated an uncanny ability to get others to do his bidding \u2013 employees, family members and [prison] inmates alike,\u2019 they said. \u2018There is no reason to believe that private security personnel would be immune.\u2019<\/p>\n As his chances of bail look increasingly slim, at least for now, Combs\u2019 team appear to be throwing everything but the kitchen sink at his defence. Most recently, they have drawn parallels between Combs\u2019 legal situation and that of president-elect Donald Trump.<\/p>\n After being accused of attempting to influence witnesses and jurors from jail, the rapper\u2019s lawyers have said he should be afforded the same free speech rights as Trump. Combs\u2019 lawyer, Mark Agnifilo, also told TMZ in a televised interview that the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, is working on \u2018the takedown of a successful Black man\u2019.<\/p>\n \u2018He has a right to a fair trial and a constitutional right to speak out on his own behalf,\u2019 read their letter to the judge. \u2018The government\u2019s arguments that asking his children to post birthday wishes on Instagram and that he is not entitled to publicly express his opinion that this prosecution is racially motivated are, quite simply, an unconstitutional effort to silence him.\u2019<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-quote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Libre Bodoni|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#333333″ header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″] It’s worth remembering the gravity of the charges Combs faces, including \u2018violent gang rape\u2019, date rape drugging, physical abuse and the sex trafficking of minors. In one lawsuit, Combs is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy.<\/p>\n In another turn of events, Tony Buzbee, the lawyer who represents more than 100 claimants with allegations against Combs, is now facing allegations of his own. One of Buzbee\u2019s former clients is suing him for allegedly pushing a champagne flute into her face in a \u2018fit of rage\u2019 during her divorce proceedings \u2013 allegations that Buzbee denies. \u2018Tony Buzbee is a hypocrite,\u2019 said the plaintiff\u2019s lawyer, Jeremy Bohrer. \u2018There is nothing worse than when a black hat masquerades as a white hat.\u2019<\/p>\n While another \u2018high-profile\u2019 client has accused him of extortion and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The lawsuit alleges that Buzbee unleashes \u2018entirely fabricated and malicious allegations of sexual assault\u2019 as a threat. Buzbee denied all allegations and called it a coordinated attack by a rival law firm.<\/p>\n \u2018Here is what I know,\u2019 Buzbee said in a statement, \u2018I\u2019ve been sued twice now so far, and it\u2019s being coordinated by a law firm from New York who reps a celebrity who I sent a demand letter to. The coordinated cases filed against me are frivolous and are an attempt to scare my clients. I also intend to expose the law firm and that firm\u2019s client who is behind this effort.\u2019<\/p>\n He continued, \u2018I won\u2019t let my clients be silenced by bullying tactics. I\u2019m surprised you would be a pawn in this scheme by even giving any effort any air play.\u2019<\/p>\n Whether any nefarious tactics are being deployed is unclear, but this is clearly an unpredictable case. Attorney Williams, for one, announced his resignation on Monday which is effective from 13 December. Trump has already nominated his replacement, the former securities and exchange commission chairman Jay Clayton.<\/p>\n \u2018Today is a bittersweet day for me,\u2019 Williams said in a statement. \u2018It is bitter in the sense that I am leaving my dream job, leading an institution I love that is filled with the finest public servants in the world. It is sweet in that I am confident I am leaving at a time when the Office is functioning at an incredibly high level.\u2019<\/p>\n Williams\u2019 exit comes at a pivotal time in the Combs\u2019 trial, which is due to take place in May next year. His resignation has reportedly sent ripples through legal and political circles and could certainly introduce complications as the trial date looms.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#111111″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” module_class=”custom-divider” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_orientation=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″] Photo: <\/b>IMAGO<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Combs’ lawyers have compared his legal situation to that of president-elect, Donald Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":5336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"guestgrazia","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5334"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5343,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5334\/revisions\/5343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
They argue that given his profile he has a \u2018greater constitutional claim than other trial participants to speak out against the prosecution and the criminal trial process that seek to take away his liberty\u2019. The filing continued, \u2018the Court should apply Trump\u2019s heightened standard when considering Mr Combs\u2019 speech here.\u2019<\/p>\n‘The defendant has demonstrated an uncanny ability to get others to do his bidding’<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]